The popular vote, which is symbolically and politically important but not decisive in the race, remains very close.
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He is the first since 1888 to capture the White House without winning the popular vote.
An individual could win the White House with as little as 20% of the popular vote.
Direct popular vote would encourage parties to focus on increasing voter turnout among their bases.
The 2000 election was an unhappy exception--both the College and the popular vote were virtual ties.
Not since 1888 has the winner of the popular vote failed to secure the college.
Richard Nixon carried 49 states and nearly 61% of the total popular vote in 1972.
Unconfirmed reports suggested that the coalition did not receive a majority of the popular vote.
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In August 1999, George W. Bush led Al Gore, 55%-41%, but lost the popular vote.
We could dispense with trials and determine Martha's guilt or innocence by popular vote.
The GOP has lost the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections.
In December, Morales' Movement to Socialism party won almost 54 percent of the popular vote.
The National Popular Vote is about getting states to convert from the winner-take-all rule.
The Arizona and Oklahoma victories follow the first popular vote on ObamaCare in Missouri.
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With technology and widespread information, a president should be elected by popular vote without question.
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With a direct popular vote, Washington would have to set regulations for our elections.
So far, 8 states and the District of Columbia have approved National Popular Vote.
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It only got 60% of the popular vote and 81 or 87 legislative seats.
When broken down by percentage, both candidates had about 48 percent of the popular vote.
Barack Obama may have pulled ahead in the popular vote for the U.S. presidency Tuesday evening.
She's only ahead in the popular vote if you discount all the caucus states.
Figure 51%-45% of the popular vote and 300 to 310 electoral votes for Obama.
And that he did, winning with over 60 percent of the popular vote in March.
Clinton's campaign says if she leads in the popular vote, she should become the Democratic nominee.
Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President.
Like Al Gore in 2000, though, the popular vote will probably be her only victory.
Those are all the fixings for a close election, measured by percent of the popular vote.
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They also run an election, though the victor is chosen by popular vote only.
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Imagine if we had a popular vote recount which would necessarily be national in scale?
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Note: We use simple rounding to distribute the delegates, based on popular vote percentages.
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